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The socialists no longer believed in their anti-monarchical slogans and were ready to come to terms with the monarchy if it took the first step.

George adopted a more democratic, inclusive stance that crossed class lines and brought the monarchy closer to the public and the working class—a dramatic change for the King, who was most comfortable with naval officers and landed gentry.

He cultivated friendly relations with moderate Labour party politicians and trade union officials. His abandonment of social aloofness conditioned the royal family's behaviour and enhanced its popularity during the economic crises of the s and for over two generations thereafter.

The years between and saw frequent changes in government. In , George appointed the first Labour Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald , in the absence of a clear majority for any one of the three major parties.

George's tactful and understanding reception of the first Labour government which lasted less than a year allayed the suspicions of the party's sympathisers.

During the General Strike of the King advised the government of Conservative Stanley Baldwin against taking inflammatory action, [91] and took exception to suggestions that the strikers were "revolutionaries" saying, "Try living on their wages before you judge them.

In , George hosted an Imperial Conference in London at which the Balfour Declaration accepted the growth of the British Dominions into self-governing "autonomous Communities within the British Empire, equal in status, in no way subordinate one to another".

In , the Statute of Westminster formalised the Dominion's legislative independence [93] and established that the succession to the throne could not be changed unless all the Parliaments of the Dominions as well as the Parliament at Westminster agreed.

In the wake of a world financial crisis , the King encouraged the formation of a National Government in led by MacDonald and Baldwin, [95] [96] and volunteered to reduce the civil list to help balance the budget.

In , the King bluntly told the German ambassador Leopold von Hoesch that Germany was now the peril of the world, and that there was bound to be a war within ten years if she went on at the present rate; he warned the British ambassador in Berlin Eric Phipps to be suspicious of the Nazis.

In , George agreed to deliver a Royal Christmas speech on the radio, an event that became annual thereafter. He was not in favour of the innovation originally but was persuaded by the argument that it was what his people wanted.

George's relationship with his eldest son and heir, Edward , deteriorated in these later years. George was disappointed in Edward's failure to settle down in life and appalled by his many affairs with married women.

The First World War took a toll on George's health: He suffered from chronic bronchitis. In , on the instruction of his doctors, he was reluctantly sent on a recuperative private cruise in the Mediterranean; it was his third trip abroad since the war, and his last.

A myth later grew that his last words, upon being told that he would soon be well enough to revisit the town, were "Bugger Bognor!

George never fully recovered. In his final year, he was occasionally administered oxygen. On the evening of 15 January , the King took to his bedroom at Sandringham House complaining of a cold; he remained in the room until his death.

Prime Minister Baldwin later said:. But he did say to his secretary when he sent for him: By 20 January, he was close to death.

His physicians, led by Lord Dawson of Penn , issued a bulletin with words that became famous: Dawson, who supported the "gentle growth of euthanasia", [] admitted in the diary that he hastened the King's death by injecting him, after The royal family did not want the King to endure pain and suffering and did not want his life prolonged artificially but nor did they approve Dawson's actions.

George V disliked sitting for portraits [17] and despised modern art ; he was so displeased by one portrait by Charles Sims that he ordered it to be burned.

George preferred to stay at home pursuing his hobbies of stamp collecting and game shooting , and he lived a life that later biographers considered dull because of its conventionality.

After his accession to the throne in , George became sovereign of all the orders awarded by the British Empire and later Commonwealth, including those awarded him prior to his accession.

As Duke of York, George's arms were the royal arms , with an inescutcheon of the arms of Saxony , all differenced with a label of three points argent , the centre point bearing an anchor azure.

The anchor was removed from his coat of arms as the Prince of Wales. As King, he bore the royal arms. In , he removed, by warrant, the Saxony inescutcheon from the arms of all male-line descendants of the Prince Consort domiciled in the United Kingdom although the royal arms themselves had never borne the shield.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other uses, see George V disambiguation. Mary of Teck m. Descendants of George V and Mary of Teck. Ancestors of George V [] Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 8.

Victoria of the United Kingdom Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld George V of the United Kingdom Countess Friederike of Schlieben 6. Christian IX of Denmark Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel Princess Louise of Denmark 3.

Their facial features were only different up close. Philip Williamson disputes Bogdanor, saying the idea of a national government had been in the minds of party leaders since late and it was they, not the King, who determined when the time had come to establish one, in Williamson, Philip " Revisited: The Official Biography , London: Cassell and Co, p.

Weidenfeld and Nicolson, p. A Personal Memoir pp. Redding agreed to record with Thomas, simply stating, "Well, hey, you from Memphis, you from Tennessee, you can hang".

Recorded in about six days another source states only three days , [4] the album features eleven songs: Three singles were released from the album: Jason Ankeny of Allmusic gives the album 4.

He states that "Redding and Thomas enjoy an undeniable chemistry, and they play off each other wonderfully", and summarizes the album as follows: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

For other uses, see King and Queen disambiguation. Retrieved February 16, Retrieved June 22, Live at the Whisky a Go Go, Vol.